Prepare YOUR Family for Emergencies & Disasters
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Prepare YOUR Family For Emergencies & Disasters Preparedness: As Simple As... 1. Know Your Hazards 2. Emergency Communication Plan 3. Evacuation Plan 4. Alerts & GO-KIT 5. Additional Resources BEFORE AN EMERGENCY OR DISASTER • Talk to your family and friends about possible emergencies & disasters in your area • Make a simple plan and give family and friends a copy • Know how to get updates and information when an emergency or disaster happens Empower Your Kids By Preparing Together! © 2020, Santa Cruz Volunteer Center. All Rights Reserved. Get Ready • Estén Listos Santa Cruz County Know Potential Hazards For An Emergency or Disaster EARTHQUAKE FIRE FLOOD POWER OUTAGE Take Action Take Action Take Action Take Action • Drop, cover, and • Call 911, alert • AVOID power You may lose power hold on others & exit the lines due to an emergency building or from PG&E Planned • AVOID anything • Go to higher Power Outages. that can fall on/ • Put hand on door ground under you and if it is hot, SIGN UP FOR PG&E • NEVER walk, DO NOT open it ALERTS • DO NOT run swim or drive outside • DO NOT return through flood During Outages Only: until officials say water or mudflow • To report an outage • DO NOT use it’s okay & get updates during elevators an outage: Call • AVOID the coast 1-800-743-5002 For PG&E’s Planned • Go inside to a room with no/few windows & stay Power Outages Advance IF TOLD TO there until officials say it is safe Alerts Only: • For text alerts: SHELTER IN • Turn off and close fans, vents, windows & doors Text “ENROLL” to PLACE • Seal cracks with plastic sheeting or a wet cloth 97633 • For phone call alerts • Take all household members, pets, medications, if you do not have a IF TOLD TO documents & GO-KIT with you PG&E account: Call 1-877-900-0743 EVACUATE • Go to a family/friend’s home, hotel or public shelter • Do not return until officials say it is safe • For phone call alerts if you have a PG&E account: For More Information: www.ready.gov Call 1-866-743-6589 Radio Stations: KSCO – AM 1460 • Apply for Medical KION – AM 1460 Baseline if you KGO – AM 810 rely on power for a KPIG – FM 107.5 medical necessity KTGE – AM 1570 (Salinas) - para Español Call 1-800-743-5000 KZSF – AM 1370 (San Jose) - para Español © 2020, Santa Cruz Volunteer Center. All Rights Reserved. EMERGENCY COMMUNICATION PLAN & IMPORTANT INFORMATION Text, don’t talk! Emergencies can happen at any time. Does your family know how to get in touch with each Texts may be other if you are not all together? Let them know you’re ok! Pick the same person for each easier to get family member to contact. It might be easier to reach someone who’s out of town. Complete through than this form, make copies for your family and your GO-KIT. Review and update it every year. phone calls. Out of Area Contact Neighborhood Meeting Place Name: ___________________________________ _________________________________________ _________________________________________ Home Phone: _____________________________ Cell: _____________________________________ Out of Neighborhood Meeting Place Email: ___________________________________ _________________________________________ Facebook: ________________________________ _________________________________________ Address: ________________________________ _________________________________________ School Information School: __________________________________ Work Information Phone: __________________________________ Workplace: _______________________________ Address: _________________________________ Facebook: ________________________________ Phone: __________________________________ Evacuation Location: ______________________ Address: _________________________________ ______________________ Evacuation Location: ______________________ _________________________________________ School: __________________________________ Phone: __________________________________ Neighbors Address: _________________________________ Name: ___________________________________ Facebook: ________________________________ Phone: __________________________________ Evacuation Location: ______________________ Address: _________________________________ ______________________ How can they help us: _____________________ School: __________________________________ Phone: __________________________________ Name: ___________________________________ Address: _________________________________ Phone: __________________________________ Facebook: ________________________________ Address: _________________________________ Evacuation Location: ______________________ How can they help us: _____________________ _________________________________________ © 2020, Santa Cruz Volunteer Center. 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EMERGENCY COMMUNICATION PLAN & IMPORTANT INFORMATION CONTINUED Family Information Medical Contacts Name: ___________________________________ Doctor: __________________________________ Phone: ________________ Date of Birth: _________ Phone: __________________________________ Social Security Number: ___________________ Doctor: __________________________________ Important Medical Information: _____________ Phone: __________________________________ _________________________________________ Pediatrician: _____________________________ Name: ___________________________________ Phone: __________________________________ Phone: ________________ Date of Birth: _________ Dentist: __________________________________ Social Security Number: ___________________ Phone: __________________________________ Important Medical Information: _____________ Specialist: _______________________________ _________________________________________ Phone: __________________________________ Name: ___________________________________ Pharmacist: ______________________________ Phone: ________________ Date of Birth: _________ Phone: __________________________________ Social Security Number: ___________________ Veterinarian/Kennel: _______________________ Important Medical Information: _____________ Phone: __________________________________ _________________________________________ Name: ___________________________________ Insurance Information Phone: ________________ Date of Birth: _________ Medical Insurance: ________________________ Social Security Number: ___________________ Phone: __________________________________ Important Medical Information: _____________ Policy Number: ___________________________ _________________________________________ Home Owners/Renters Insurance: ___________ Name: ___________________________________ Phone: __________________________________ Phone: ________________ Date of Birth: _________ Policy Number: ___________________________ Social Security Number: ___________________ Important Medical Information: _____________ Pets _________________________________________ Name: ___________________________________ Name: ___________________________________ Breed: ___________________________________ Phone: ________________ Date of Birth: _________ Microchip Number: ________________________ Social Security Number: ___________________ License Number: __________________________ Important Medical Information: _____________ Important Medical Information: _____________ _________________________________________ _________________________________________ © 2020, Santa Cruz Volunteer Center. All Rights Reserved. Practice your plan at Know Where to Go... least twice a year and How to Get There Evacuation meeting location in our neighborhood: TIP ______________________________________________________ Find out what your ______________________________________________________ children’s school or ______________________________________________________ daycare emergency plans are. If we cannot return home or need to evacuate, the meeting Make sure your place outside of our neighborhood is: children’s school or ______________________________________________________ daycare knows how to ______________________________________________________ contact you if there is ______________________________________________________ an emergency. Make sure your The route from our house to our meeting place outside of our children’s school or neighborhood is: daycare knows who ______________________________________________________ can pick up your kids ______________________________________________________ if you can’t. ______________________________________________________ HOUSEHOLD EVACUATION PLAN KNOW THE EXITS Do you know two ways out of every room in your home in case of a fire? Draw a floor plan of your bedroom in the space below and circle the two ways to get out. Hint: one may not be a door! Use the graph on the following page to draw a map of your home and make an evacuation plan. © 2020, Santa Cruz Volunteer Center. All Rights Reserved. Draw a map of your home, showing all doors and windows. Make sure you show at least TWO WAYS out of your home and every room. Use this for your home evacuation plan. © 2020, Santa Cruz Volunteer Center. All Rights Reserved. Low Cost Items to Have Be ready to leave your home quickly in case of an emergency or disaster. YOU SHOULD HAVE: ❑ Children’s favorite comfort items, such as IN YOUR GO-KIT toys and blankets READY TO GO ❑ A flashlight ❑ Change of clothes and shoes ❑ Power bank, chargers and extra batteries for important devices ❑ Add your prescription medications to your Go-Kit. You will need them with you. ❑ Copies of important documents stored digitally and in hard copy, store in safe places in your home (your GO-KIT, fireproof box) and outside of your home (with a trusted person or bank). USEFUL DOCUMENTS